Sanitation

"When I tried to convince the villagers about toilets, sometimes they would scoff and scorn at me for being ‘jobless’. Often men would misbehave and taunt as well."

“Even in areas where water is scarce, these toilets work well as there's no need of water,” says SCOPE founder Marachi Subburaman.

"Every person, regardless of their income level, should be able to access sanitation. Our dream is to launch 1,000 buses in the future," says co-founder Ulka.

"If you involve people in schemes, there is very little scope for failure,” says founder NK Perumal.

Low-maintenence public toilets that clean themselves? Just the kind of sanitation that India needs!

Other than this, his organisation is installing unique, innovative toilets in rural India. Installed at 50 places, these toilets are made of fiberglass discarded by the windmill industry -- killing two birds with one stone. Find out how.

SHRI’s sanitation units have toilets which are free for users and the facilities can purify about 1000 litres in an hour! The villagers are being supplied this water at 50 paise per litre!

“We do not just build toilets. We teach the women to build and maintain their own toilets. So that, after they master these construction skills, they can earn a living from it by building toilets for others." #WorldToiletDay #Sanitation #ImpactThatMatters

Sharad and Savita Tewari have dedicated their time to teach slum kids. They wish to see the kids become lawyers, engineers, pilots, soldiers, journalists and so on one day and serve the country, just like their son did.

“We met several contractors and finally found one who said that the project could be completed in Rs 1.76 lakhs. We also got volunteer engineers on-board to help us out.”